Harvesting and In-Field Sorting of Citrus with a Self-Propelled Machine

Increase of productivity is crucial for the Spanish production of oranges and mandarins destined for the fresh market. Harvest and handling operations represent 50% of the field production costs. Fruits are currently manually harvested, loaded in boxes and transported to a packinghouse where fruit a...

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Autores principales: Gutiérrez, Abelardo, Blasco, José, Chueca, Patricia, Garcerá, Cruz, Alegre, Santiago, Lopez, S., Cubero, Sergio, Moltó, Enrique
Otros Autores: Syvertsen, J. P.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/5344
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author Gutiérrez, Abelardo
Blasco, José
Chueca, Patricia
Garcerá, Cruz
Alegre, Santiago
Lopez, S.
Cubero, Sergio
Moltó, Enrique
author2 Syvertsen, J. P.
author_browse Alegre, Santiago
Blasco, José
Chueca, Patricia
Cubero, Sergio
Garcerá, Cruz
Gutiérrez, Abelardo
Lopez, S.
Moltó, Enrique
Syvertsen, J. P.
author_facet Syvertsen, J. P.
Gutiérrez, Abelardo
Blasco, José
Chueca, Patricia
Garcerá, Cruz
Alegre, Santiago
Lopez, S.
Cubero, Sergio
Moltó, Enrique
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description Increase of productivity is crucial for the Spanish production of oranges and mandarins destined for the fresh market. Harvest and handling operations represent 50% of the field production costs. Fruits are currently manually harvested, loaded in boxes and transported to a packinghouse where fruit are sorted. In the early season, sorting is aimed at color classification and in the mid and late season, oranges and mandarins are sorted by size. The present work shows the development of an automatic sorting system capable of separating citrus fruit in three user-defined color or weight categories while fruit are harvested. Limited energy and space availability have been critical issues for the electronic and mechanical designs. All the subsystems are commanded by a central unit that can be easily adapted to each orchard and is operated by one worker. The current version of the machine has a throughput of eight fruit per second and has successfully worked in the field during one Spanish harvesting season (September-June).
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spelling ReDivia53442025-04-25T14:52:58Z Harvesting and In-Field Sorting of Citrus with a Self-Propelled Machine Acta Horticulturae Gutiérrez, Abelardo Blasco, José Chueca, Patricia Garcerá, Cruz Alegre, Santiago Lopez, S. Cubero, Sergio Moltó, Enrique Syvertsen, J. P. Automatic inspection Harvesting Citrus image analysis Weight Increase of productivity is crucial for the Spanish production of oranges and mandarins destined for the fresh market. Harvest and handling operations represent 50% of the field production costs. Fruits are currently manually harvested, loaded in boxes and transported to a packinghouse where fruit are sorted. In the early season, sorting is aimed at color classification and in the mid and late season, oranges and mandarins are sorted by size. The present work shows the development of an automatic sorting system capable of separating citrus fruit in three user-defined color or weight categories while fruit are harvested. Limited energy and space availability have been critical issues for the electronic and mechanical designs. All the subsystems are commanded by a central unit that can be easily adapted to each orchard and is operated by one worker. The current version of the machine has a throughput of eight fruit per second and has successfully worked in the field during one Spanish harvesting season (September-June). 2017-06-01T10:12:11Z 2017-06-01T10:12:11Z 2012 2012 conferenceObject publishedVersion Gutierrez, A., Blasco, J., Chueca, P., Garcerá, C., Alegre, S., Lopez, S. et al. (2012). Harvesting and In-Field Sorting of Citrus with a Self-Propelled Machine. Acta horticulturae, 965, 149-152. 0567-7572; 978-90-66056-35-0 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/5344 10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.965.18 en openAccess Impreso
spellingShingle Automatic inspection
Harvesting
Citrus
image analysis
Weight
Gutiérrez, Abelardo
Blasco, José
Chueca, Patricia
Garcerá, Cruz
Alegre, Santiago
Lopez, S.
Cubero, Sergio
Moltó, Enrique
Harvesting and In-Field Sorting of Citrus with a Self-Propelled Machine
title Harvesting and In-Field Sorting of Citrus with a Self-Propelled Machine
title_full Harvesting and In-Field Sorting of Citrus with a Self-Propelled Machine
title_fullStr Harvesting and In-Field Sorting of Citrus with a Self-Propelled Machine
title_full_unstemmed Harvesting and In-Field Sorting of Citrus with a Self-Propelled Machine
title_short Harvesting and In-Field Sorting of Citrus with a Self-Propelled Machine
title_sort harvesting and in field sorting of citrus with a self propelled machine
topic Automatic inspection
Harvesting
Citrus
image analysis
Weight
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/5344
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